The Swerve Characters Listed With Descriptions

THE SWERVE
Characters By Chapter

EDITOR:
Remy Hale

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
1			The Book Hunter
	Poggio	Braccioline	A book hunter.
	John XXIII		The Pope.
	Baldassare	Cossa	John's XXIII successor.
	George		Poggio's colleague.
2			The Moment Of Discovery
	Petrarch		A poet.
	Cicero		A Roman statesman.
	Propertius		A poet.
	Quintilian		A Roman rhetorian.
	Virgil		An ancient Roman poet.
	Ovid		A Roman poet.
	Cornelius	Serenus	A Roman epic poet.
	Saleius	Bassus	A Roman poet.
	Gaius	Rabirius	A Roman senator.
	Albinovanus	Pedo	A Roman poet.
	Marcus	Furius Bibaculus	A Roman poet.
	Lucius	Accius	A Roman poet.
	Marcus	Pacuvius	An ancient Roman tragic poet.
	Lucretius		A Roman poet and philosopher.
	Columbanus		An Irish missionary.
	Johann	Gutenberg	A German inventor.
	Uldus	Manutius	A publisher.
	Bartolome	de Aragazzi	Poggio's companion.
	Flavius	Vegetius Renatus	A writer of the later Roman Empire.
	Pompius	Festus	A Roman grammarian.
	Seneca		A Roman philosopher.
	Johann	von Merlau	A ruler.
	Rabanus	Maurus	A prolific author of Biblical commentaries.
	Alcuin		A poet.
	Tertullian		A prolific Christian author.
	Silicus	Italicus	A Latin epic poet.
	Caligula		Roman Emperor.
	Nero		The last emperor of Julia-Claudian dynasty.
	Domitian		Roman Emperor.
	Pliny		An author; a lawyer.
	Manillus		A Roman poet.
	Augustus		A Roman statesman.
	Tiberius		Roman Emperor.
	Homer		An author.
	Ammianus	Marcellinus	A Roman soldier and historian.
3			In Seach of Lucretius
	Quintus		A Stoic philosopher.
	Gaius	Memmius	A Roman orator and poet.
	Jerome		A priest.
	Tennyson		A British poet.
	Roque Joaquin	de Alcubierre	A Spanish army engineer.
	Father Antonio	Piaggio	A conservator from the Vatican.
	Philodemus		A Greek philosopher and poet.
	Sophocles		A Greek tragedians.
	Eratosthenes		A scientist.
	Aemilius	Paulus	A two-time consul of the Roman Republic.
	King Perseus		The King of Macedon.
	Alexander III		Known as Alexander the Great- the King of ancient Greek.
	Philip II		Alexander the Great's father.
	Tyrannion		A grammarian.
	Serenus	Sammonicus	A physician.
	Asinius	Pollio	Virgil's friend.
	Julius	Ceasar	A Roman consul.
	Pompey		A military leader.
	Mark	Antony	A Roman politician.
	Brutus		A politician.
	Plato		A philosopher.
	Aristotle		A Greek philosopher.
	Epicurus		A philosopher.
	Vitruvius		An ancient writer and an architect.
	Tacitus		A historian of the Roman Empire.
	Tommaso	Staraci	A musical artist.
	Knut	Kleve	A Norweigian papyrologist.
	Lucrius	Calpurnius Piso	A powerful politician.
	Descartes		A French philosopher.
	Spinoza		A Dutch philosopher.
	Gaius	Cotta	A Roman statesman and orator.
	Gaius	Villeius	A member of the senate.
	Gustave	Flaubeit	A French novelist.
	Marcus	Aurellius	A Roman Emperor.
	Leucippus		A Greek philosopher.
	Democritus		A Greek philosopher.
	Ben	Jonson	An English playwright.
4			The Teeth Of Time
	Chrysippus		A Greek Stoic philosopher.
	Diogenes	Laertius	A biographer of the Greek philosopher.
	Robert	Hooke	A scientist.
	Horace		A Roman poet.
	Atticus		Cicerus's friend.
	Archimedes		Discovered pi.
	Galen		Greek physician.
	Ptolomey	Philadelphus	An Alexandrian ruler.
	Zenodotus		A Greek grammarian.
	Bryaxis		A Greek sculptor.
	Theophilus		An spiritual leader of the Christian Community.
	Palladas		A pagan poet.
	Cyril		Theophilus's nephew.
	Orestes		Alexandrian governor.
	Hypatia		A philosopher.
	Romulus	Augustulus	The last Roman Emperor.
	Plautus		A Roman playwright.
	Lactantius		A Christian author.
	Constantine		The first Christian Roman Emperor.
	Peter	Damian	A reforming Benedictine monk.
	Catherine	von Gebersweiler	A Dominican nun.
	Henry	Suso	A man who carved the name of Jesus on his chest.
	Elsbeth		A nun.
5			Birth And Rebirth
	Ghiberti		An Italian artist.
	Leon	Battista Alberti	An Italian author, artist, architect.
	Michelozzi		An Italian architect.
	Tomaso	Morroni	A writer.
	Guccio		Poggio's father.
	Lapo	Mazzei	A notary.
	Michaelle	Frutti	Poggio's maternal grandmother.
	Jacoba		Guccio's wife.
	Luccarus		Farm owner.
	Giovanni	Rucellai	A merchant.
	Francesco	di Marco Datini	An Italian merchant.
	Averroes		A philosopher.
	Giovanni	Boccaccio	An Italian writer.
	Coluccio	Salutate	An Italian humanist.
	Giovanni	Malpaghino	Petrarch's personal secretary.
	Cassiodorus		A Roman statesman.
	Leonardo	Bruni	An Italian historian.
	Manuel	Chrysolaras	A pioneer in the introduction of Greek literature.
	Niccolo	Niccoli	An Italian critic.
	Guicciardini		An Italian historian.
	Sam	Bernardino	A preacher.
	Vespaciano		Niccoli's biographer.
6			In The Lie Factory
	Boniface IX		Head of the Catholic Church.
	Lapo	Castiglionchio	Petrarch's friend.
	Shakespeare		An English poet.
	Rabelais		A French writer.
	Cervantes		A Spanish writer.
	Francesco	Filelfo	An Italian humanist.
	Machiavelli		An Italian diplomat.
	George	Trebizond	A Greek philosopher.
	John A.	Symonds	An English poet.
	Lorenzo	Valla	An Italian humanist.
	Alliatti		Poggio's friend.
	Martin	Luther	A German professor of Theology.
	Nicholas V		A humanist pope.
	Bartolomeo	de Montepulciano	Poggio's close friend.
	Julius	Frontinus	A Roman civil engineer.
	Visconti		An Italian theater director.
	Sigismund		King of Hungary.
7			A Pit To Catch Foxes
	Lucullus		A politician.
	Ladislas		King of Naples.
	Ulrich	Richental	A chronicler of the council of Constance.
	Pier Paolo	Vergerio	An Italian protestant reformer.
	Concio	Rustici	A Roman humanist.
	Zomino	da Pistoia	An Italian humanist.
	Benedetto	da Piglio	A humanist.
	Biagio	Guasconi	A humanist.
	Francesco	Zaba	A humanist.
	Alamano	Adimari	A humanist.
	Branda	da Castiglione	An Italian humanist.
	Milan B.	della Capra	An archbishop.
	Francesco	Pizzolpasso	Milan Bartolomeo's successor.
	Jan	Hus	A Czech's priest.
	John	Wyeliffe	An English philosopher.
	Angelo	Roncalli	A Freemason.
	Leonardo	Aretino	An Italian scholar.
	Guarino		An architect.
	Donatello		An Italian sculptor.
	Francesco	Barbaro	Poggio's friend.
8			The Way Things Are
	Galileo		An astronomer.
	George	Santayana	A philosopher.
	W.	B. Yeats	An Irish poet.
	John	Dryden	A poet.
	Botticellis		An Italian painter.
9			The Return
	Michelangelo		An Italian sculptor and artist.
	Isaac	Voss	A Dutch scholar.
	Cardinal	Zabarella	Cossa's principal allies.
	Henry	Beaufort	Bishop of Winchester.
	Nonius	Marcellus	A Roman grammarian.
	Asconius	Pedianus	A historian.
	Lorenzo	de Medice	An Italian statesman.
	Niccolo	Albergate	An Italian diplomat.
	Guillano	Cesarini	A Cardinal.
	Lucial	Panneli	Poggio's mistress.
	Pope	Eugenius IV	Martin's V successor.
	Vaggia de Gino	Buondelmonte	Poggio's wife.
	Pietro Paulo		Poggio's eldest son.
	Giovanni		One of Poggio's son.
	Jacopo		One of Poggio's son.
	Giovanni	Francesco	One of Poggio's son.
	Filippo		Poggio's youngest son.
	Lucretia		Poggio's daughter.
	Tommaso	de Sarzana	A scientist.
	Carlo	Marsuppini	The chancellor of Florence.
	Cosimo	de Medici	One of the interlocutors.
	Antonio	Pollaiolo	An Italian painter.
	Filippo	Brunelleschi	An Italian architect.
	Lorenzo	Ghiberti	An Italian artist.
	Fra	Angelico	An Italian painter.
	Paolo	Ucello	An Italian painter.
	Luca	della Robbia	An Italian sculptor.
	Masaccio		An artist.
	Filippo	Lippi	An Italian painter.
	Pierro	della Francesca	An Italian painter.
10			Swerves
	Girolamo	Savonarola	A Dominican monk.
	Marsilio	Filicino	An Italian scholar and a Catholic priest.
	Antonio	Raudense	A friar.
	Aldus	Manutius	A publisher.
	Filippo	Giunti	A publisher.
	Pier Candido	Decembrio	An Italian humanist.
	Michele T.	Marullo	A Greek scholar and poet.
	Cesare	Borgia	A nobleman.
	Marcello	Cervini	Head of the Catholic church.
	Michele	Ghislieri	A commissary general.
	Thomas	More	Erasmus's friend.
	Holinshed		A chronicler.
	Amerigo	Vespucci	An Italian explorer.
	Giordano	Bruno	An American monk.
	Vasta		Albenzio Savolino's wife.
	Garcia	Lopez	A tailor.
	Copernicus		An astronomer.
	Thomas	Harriot	Constructed the largest telescope in England.
11			Afterlives
	John	Florio	Bruno's friend.
	Montaigne		A philosopher.
	Paul	Quarrie	The librarian of Eton College.
	Francisco	de Quevedo	A Spanish poet.
	Rodrigo	Caro	A writer.
	Thomas	Aquinas	An Italian priest.
	Urban VIII		The new Pope.
	Pietro	Redondi	An Italian scholar.
	Pierre	Gassendi	A priest.
	Moliere		A French playwright.
	Michel	de Marolles	A prose translator.
	Alessandro	Marchetti	A mathematician.
	John	Evelyn	A diarist.
	Thomas	Creech	A young Oxford educated scholar.
	Lucy	Hutchinson	Colonel John Hutchinson's wife.
	Arthur	Annesley	The first Earl of Anglesey.
	Edmund	Spencer	English poet.
	Francis	Bacon	An English philosopher and statesman.
	Thomas	Hobbes	An English philosopher.
	Isaac	Newton	An English mathematician.
	Voltaire		A French writer.
	Diderot		A French philosopher.
	Hume		An Scottish philosopher.
	Charles	Darwin	An English naturalist.
	Albert	Einstein	A theoretical physicist.
	Thomas	Jefferson	The third President of the United States.
	John	Adams	The second President of the United States.